SciELO - Scientific Electronic Library Online

 
vol.33 número4Relación entre el apoyo social percibido y la depresión en adultos mayores con asistencia en centro gerontológicoValoración de la implantación de un programa de disfagia en una unidad de recuperación funcional índice de autoresíndice de assuntospesquisa de artigos
Home Pagelista alfabética de periódicos  

Serviços Personalizados

Journal

Artigo

Indicadores

Links relacionados

  • Em processo de indexaçãoCitado por Google
  • Não possue artigos similaresSimilares em SciELO
  • Em processo de indexaçãoSimilares em Google

Compartilhar


Gerokomos

versão impressa ISSN 1134-928X

Resumo

IRIARTE, Evelyn; ARAYA, Alejandra-Ximena  e  MIRANDA, Claudia. Evaluation of quality of life of older people participating in an adult day care center. Gerokomos [online]. 2022, vol.33, n.4, pp.234-238.  Epub 24-Jul-2023. ISSN 1134-928X.

Objectives:

To examine the changes in the quality of life of a group of older people participating in an adult day care center in Santiago, Chile.

Methodology:

Longitudinal study with two applications, one at admission and the other at the end of participation in the adult day care center, among 35 older people over 60 years belonging to the adult day care centers in Santiago, Chile. Quality of life was measured with the World Health Organization BREF instrument. Descriptive and analytical statistics were used for data analysis (t Student test).

Results:

This study showed a significant increase in quality of life (p < 0.05); older people reported better scores for quality of life after having participated in the interventions that the adult day care center has.

Conclusions:

Quality of life should be considered a key outcome when evaluating the results of interventions in adult day care center.

Palavras-chave : Aged; adult day care centers; quality of life.

        · resumo em Espanhol     · texto em Espanhol     · Espanhol ( pdf )